Cash-register



(No Model.)

B. N. FOOTE.

CASH REGISTER.

I No. 469,012. Patented Feb. 16,1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD N. FOOTE, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 469,012, datedFebruary 16, 1892. Application filed July 20, 1891. Serial No. 400,014.(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD N. FOOIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Northampton,in the county of Hampshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inCash-Registers, of which the following is specification.

This invention for improvements in cash registers consists in theconstruction and combination of parts, all substantially as willhereinafter more fully appear, and be set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which the present improvements are illustrated, Figure l is aperspective view taken at the rear of the register, the same being removed from its case, and showing the mechanism forming the subjectmatter of the present'specification applied thereon. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of parts of the improved devices, takenon the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View in details to be hereinafterreferred to.

In the drawings,A A represent the indicators, and B B the portions ofkey-levers for respectively elevating same, said key-levers alsooperating the register, which latter is not shown, forming no part ofthe present in-' vention; but the same is of any suitable or approvedconstruction and is to be actuated to register a greater or smaller sumof cash, according as the one orother of the key-levers is operated.

(3 represents the special register to act 1n conjunction with theindividual key-lever a, which is provided, say, for five-cent sales, andthe particular temporary indicator ct momentarily shows or signals thefive-cent sales, as usual. Y

The'register comprises a wheel or disk b, mounted on a horizontalsupporting-bearing b, which is suitably affixed to or sustained from theframe of the machine, and said Wheel has affixed on its side the ratchetwheel d.

f represents a pawl-carr er on Which the intermediately-pivoted pawl gis mounted, said pawl having the spring 0 for swinging it so that itspoint will normally remain in engagement with the teeth of theratchetwheel (Z. The extremity of the pawl-carrier is forw'ardlyextended from its place of pivotal support, so that the end of thekey-lever a as it finishes its upward movement (the course of the levera is indicated by the dotted line to in Fig. 1) will upwardly swing thepawl-carrier and therebyim part a corresponding rotational movement tothe ratchet-wheeldand wheel I). The extremity of the pawl-carrier isformed bifurcated, between the upper and lower members of which part eof the frame enters and forms a stop for the lower member of thepawl-carrier, whereby the carrier may not by momentum be unduly upwardlyforced, and also a stop for the upper member, whereby the same may beprevented from dropping down from its position relative to the limit ofmovement of the key-lever, as already mentioned. To insure thepawl-carrier dropping as the key-lever resumes its normal position, evenwhere its weight is not sufficient therefor, the spring Z is provided.

The upper edge of the wheeler disk I) has indications thereonatintervals correspond ing to each impulse thereof as imparted by thepawl-and-ratchet motion described, which may be consecutive figures toshow the number of times the key-lever may have been operated, orfigures in steps of five may be placed on the rim of the wheel to showthe aggregate of the five-cent sales during any portion of the rotationof the disk. 7

In order to register the special sales when the same extend beyond thecapacity of the wheel 1), devices coacting therewith are provided andare as follows:

h represents a bar ratcheted on the under side, which is supported andguided for an endwise movement by and within the casing t, the edge ofthe ratchet-bar being alongside of the rim of the wheel 1). j is anintermediately-pivoted lever carrying at its upper portion the pawl 70,which pawl is upwardly spring-pressed and engages the teeth of theratchet-bar for actuating the latter. The lower end of the pawl-carryinglever j has the nose m, which is adapted to bear upon the periphery ofthe wheel 1), due to the reaction of the spring wand there is a recess 0in'the rim of the wheel b, into which the lever-nose m may enter at thecompletion of each rotation of the said wheel, and the pawl- IOC ' pawlforces carrying end of the lever then swinging rearwardly the pawlclicks over the ratchet-teeth to engage a new tooth, when on thecontinued rotational movement of the ratchet the nose end of thepawl-carrying lever is outwardly forced to the circumferential line andthe the ratchet-bar forward to bring a new mark or character ofindication, which is provided, as at g, on the upper face of the bar tothe opening .2, which is provided in the top of the casing 01 to exposethe indications on the wheel, as well as those on the bar.

p represents a spring-pressed detent suitably pivotally hung on thecasing t or other support, which also engages the teeth of the saidratchet-bar, the function of which, as plain, being to prevent abackwardly-sliding motion of the ratchet-bar at the time the workingpawl or pallet is retracing to take a new ratchet-bar tooth.

The indications on the surface of the ratchet-bar may beconsecutively-rising figures to indicate the number of rotations of thewheel 12, whereby on the multiplication of said figures by the number ofimpulses for one rotation of the wheel I) the number of special salesmay be known,which are in addition to those further indicated on thewheel I), which may have made but a partial rotation of the latter, orindications corresponding to the computations in dollars may be given onthe ratchet-bar. For instance, it being assumed that it requires sixtyimpulses to effect a rotation of the ratchet-wheel and wheel I], oneforward step of the ratchet-bar will indicate three dollars. infive-cent sales, and, as particularly shown in Fig. 3, the consecutiveindications are understood to be of threes of dollars.

It being desirable at the end of the day or other period, after havingnoted the aggregate of special sales on the individual key-leverregister, to have the wheel and ratchet-bar returned to their startingpositions, so as to register 0, means for this purpose are provided asfollows: G represents a bar guided for a reciprocatory movement in amore or less nearly vertical line, the same carrying at its lower end apawl q to engage the ratchetwheel d at its edge opposite that engaged bythe key-lever-actuated pawl g. The said bar G carries the stud 1', whichlies across the upper edges of the pawls 7c 1). The bar G is normallyheld in its uppermost position by the spring it, so that the stud rnormally merely lies on or adjacent the upper edge of said pawl; butimmediately the bar is depressed the pawls 7c 19 are forced out ofengagement with the ratchet-bar, when the latter, under the reaction ofthe spring to, which is shown as applied at its forward end,is quicklyslid backward to its limit or starting-point, the operation of restoringthe ratchet-bar also forcing the wheel I) one step, and in order tobring the wheel around to its starting-point the bar G is reciprocatedcontinuously until the wheel has made the portion of a rotationnecessary, the working pawl or pallet g at this time being inactive andmerely working as a click.

Of course the wheel I) might be brought to its place of starting byoperating the key-lever; but in practice this would not do, for thekey-lever would unwarrantably indicate on the common register with whichthe machine is understood to be provided.

Should it be desirable to suspend the operation of the register 0 whilethe respective key-lever therefor is being operated-as, for instance,when a five-cent sale is being made which is not a soda-water sale orwhich should not properly be recorded on the special register-thespecial register may be rendered inactive by forcing in the push-rod J,which correspondingly moves the bar F, on which is the dog or abutmentextension '1, which impinges against the extension to of the pawl g andthereby serves to swing its working end out of engagement with theratchet-Wheel (Z. Thus, of course, any working of the five-cent keydeverwill not impart any motion to the ratchet-wheel g and register-wheel'rZ.

It will be understood that the special-keyleverregister mechanism may bereduplicated for various of the key-levers in the series, as may bedeemed expedient or convenient.

I claim-- 4 1. In a caslrregisteriug machine, the combination, with the1'egisteringwheel having indicating characters on its periphery, ofkeyoperated means for imparting a rotational movement to the wheel, aratcheted bar supported and guided for movement alongside the peripheryof the register-wheel and having indicating characters on its face, apawl-carrier pivoted adjacent the register-wheel and having a pawl forengaging the ratcheted bar, and theregister-wheel and pawl-carrierconstructed and arranged whereby each rotation of the wheel will effectthe swinging of the pawl-carrier and a progressive movementof theregister-bar, substantially as described.

2. In a cashregistering machine, the combination, with theregistering-wheel 6, having the depression 0 and the ratchet-wheel (l,of the pawl-carrier and pawl, and akey-lever for imparting the workingmotion to the pawlcarrier, a ratchet-bar supported and guided formovement with its surface adjacent the periphery of the register-wheel,the pawl-carrier j, pivoted adjacent the register-wheel and having onearm provided with the nose m and the other arm carrying the pawl whichen gages the ratcheted register-bar, a spring applied for the rearwardpressure on the bar, and the stop-pawl p, all substantially as described.

'8. In a cash-register, the combination, with a register-wheel I),having the ratchet-wheel, and key-operated means for securing arotational movement of the ratchet-wheel and register-wheel, of anindicating ratchet-bar and the spring-stop and stop-pawl therefor, 11.

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lever Workingin conjunction with theregistersaid ratchet-Wheel,substantially as and for wheel for receiving from the latter periodithepurposes set forth. cally a swinging movement, and. a pawl on said leverfor engaging and forcingtheratch et- EDWVARD N. FOOTE. 5 bar, and areciprocating part carrying the Witnesses:

stud, adapted to engage both of the ratchet- WM. S. BELLOWs,

bar pawls and havinga pawl for engaging the J. D. GARFIELD.

